LARSON, GILMAN E
Advertising Manager Newspaper; b Moline, Ill June 3, 1897; s of Peter Olaf Larson-Alma Adolphine Hallquist; ed Moline pub schs; m Eva Almeda McKee July 8, 1925 Davenport; d Lorelie Joyce, Janis Grace; 1912-16 while att HS emp by -Moline Dispatch; 1916-20 appr machinist trade Williams White Co, Moline Ill; 1920-22 salesman for Carlson Brothers, Moline Ill , 1922-23 Bankers Supply Co, Chicago Ill, 1923-26 Royal Baking Powder Co; 1926-37 advertising solicitor Davenport Democrat, 1937- advertising mgr; during World War enl in US aux naval res, OTS Municipal Pier, Chicago Ill , disch Mar 1919; VP Davenport Ad Club; dir C of C; AF & AM 1014; Scot Rite, Bloomington Ill; Kaaba Shrine, Davenport; Presby Ch; Dem; hobby travel; off Democrat; res 2319 Scott, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1098.